Speeding Ticket - Advice!

[Jantar]

On the contrary, it did embed. Do you have some cookie issues from all that pron you've been looking at?

Be a good lass & remove the embedded image in your quote, Mr Jantar is watching...

Yes, Mr Jantar is watching. And Mr Bogan is also correct that it didn't embed. So no penalty, or even warning for Mr Bogan because as far as he was concerned there was no embedded content. I have now fixed that minor discrepancy.

[PseudoDave]

It is very unusual for a speedo to be out over the whole speed range. A speedo that reads under at 50k can be acurate at 100k. It depends how it was calibrated. Your reading at 120k could have been spot on. Check your speedo against your gps at different speeds to find the true reading else you might find yourself getting more tickets.

Thanks for that, I actually have my GPS running on video at the same time as my speedo. Although it is not quite as clear due to the sun, you can just make it out at times.. It is about accurate below 30, runs about 4-5% under between 50-70, and 8% under at 70-130, then about 10%+ above 130.

[Haggis2]

It is very unusual for a speedo to be out over the whole speed range. A speedo that reads under at 50k can be acurate at 100k. It depends how it was calibrated. Your reading at 120k could have been spot on. Check your speedo against your gps at different speeds to find the true reading else you might find yourself getting more tickets.

No its not - have you heard of speedohealers? If it was uncommon they would not be needed

[unstuck]

More PD coming up methinks.

[Madness]

Yes, Mr Jantar is watching. And Mr Bogan is also correct that it didn't embed. So no penalty, or even warning for Mr Bogan because as far as he was concerned there was no embedded content. I have now fixed that minor discrepancy.

Thank Jebus!

[PseudoDave]

Pandering to the fanciful wishes of any that want off a ticket they have admitted too ... on the grounds of "Unfair" ... is laughable. The advice you got was Pay the fine. ANY other advice will cost you ... and will end with the same result.
You finding the advice "Unhelpful" is equally laughable. But sometimes GOOD advice is both unwanted and unliked. But still the best advice.
I have had tickets ... and paid the fine as I WAS guilty of speeding. All those times I was not "miffed" ... I was really pissed off. But. My problem ... such is life. Welcome to the real world.

And there is NO requirement to offer ONLY helpful advice on this site. And you are the dick that got pinged at over 120 km/hr ...




The discretion IS there ... but the penalties are known and obvious ... IF CAUGHT. (as you have already found)

Please point out my post which says that I want off the ticket? Point out the advice which I said was unhelpful?

I said I was wondering if it was worth trying to plead to a lower band. And I said people generally being dicks and not offering advice were the unhelpful.

My opinion before this was to just bite the bullet, but if there was a way to lower it, was asking for advice. People saying that there isn't and just pay it are reinforcing my opinion, people generally laughing and calling me stupid for what? Exceding the speed limit, getting caught, and asking if there was a tested means to lower the "fine" due to circumstances, are not exactly offering advice to an honest question.

Sure no one posting here has never been pinged speeding, or if there was a way to lower it, would do it?

I am not from NZ so don't know if there is any play with the road laws... It started as an honest question to see if it was worth it, and turned into a circus of people acting like dicks.

[Madness]

Thanks for that, I actually have my GPS running on video at the same time as my speedo. Although it is not quite as clear due to the sun, you can just make it out at times.. It is about accurate below 30, runs about 4-5% under between 50-70, and 8% under at 70-130, then about 10%+ above 130.

Maybe you should think about all that electrical gadetry and the potential it has to act as a distraction away from things like; your speed and the presence of Rozzers. See how many crash videos there are on YouTube with fucktards chatting away to their video cameras before ultimately kissing the side of another vehicle. I don't get it, what's the point? Is it a sexual thing?

[speeding_ant]

Don't know about you, but I get turned on watching videos of me riding

[PseudoDave]

Maybe you should think about all that electrical gadetry and the potential it has to act as a distraction away from things like; your speed and the presence of Rozzers. See how many crash videos there are on YouTube with fucktards chatting away to their video cameras before ultimately kissing the side of another vehicle. I don't get it, what's the point? Is it a sexual thing?

Its more of a case of I don't know the country and I need a GPS to find my way around, and I like to video my rides to send to my dad in the UK so he can see what NZ is like.

[FJRider]

Thanks for that, I actually have my GPS running on video at the same time as my speedo. Although it is not quite as clear due to the sun, you can just make it out at times.. It is about accurate below 30, runs about 4-5% under between 50-70, and 8% under at 70-130, then about 10%+ above 130.

Put a mark on the glass of the speedo at the appropriate speed limits. So .... if you exceed it ... you know you are speeding. Just up to you how far over the limits you choose to go.

[Madness]

Its more of a case of I don't know the country and I need a GPS to find my way around, and I like to video my rides to send to my dad in the UK so he can see what NZ is like.

Fairy nuff. Try sending a postcard.

[PseudoDave]

Put a mark on the glass of the speedo at the appropriate speed limits. So .... if you exceed it ... you know you are speeding. Just up to you how far over the limits you choose to go.

Problem with this one, I wasn't even looking at the speedo, was just following the traffic in front and assumed I was doing OK (I know). I only know the "out" on the speedo from using the GPS in the UK. I am used to 70mph limits being from the UK, so have to get used to adjusting my speed to the 100 kph limit. I will just stay under the speedo reading from now on, saves a lot of problems.

[pritch]

then about 10%+ above 130.

And that "above 130" bit was on a private road I trust?

But seriously, most people in your situation consider it another form of road tax. Just pay up and learn what you can from the experience.
If you start to accumulate points you might consider acquiring a radar detector and learning how to use it?

Or you could stay under the limit?

[PseudoDave]

And that "above 130" bit was on a private road I trust?

But seriously, most people in your situation consider it another form of road tax. Just pay up and learn what you can from the experience.
If you start to accumulate points you might consider acquiring a radar detector and learning how to use it?

Or you could stay under the limit?

Ha, using the bike at the track and having a tracker for G-force and lean angles. Uses a GPS to mark positions and follow track times. I know the speed which I take corners so can compare to GPS data.. I imported my bike when I moved here, was a lot cheaper than buying one here.

Thought about a radar detector in the past but this is the first ticket I have had so dont think it would be worth it. Just pay more attention to my speed in the future.

[unstuck]

Just pay more attention to my speed in the future.

Best advice anyone could of given you really.